Pakistan Regulator Suspends Country's Largest TV News Channel

Move is Latest in Row Over Geo TV Accusations That Spy Agency Was Behind Anchor's Shooting

By

Qasim Nauman

June 6, 2014 1:18 p.m. ET

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's media regulator said it would temporarily take off the air Geo TV, the country's largest news channel, after it aired allegations that the country's premier spy agency was behind the shooting in April of the channel's star anchor.

The decision represents the latest twist in a confrontation that has roiled relations between the country's civilian government and the military.